Basilica of Santa Maria

7/29 - A Chance Meeting and Ancient Rome

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July 29th 2007
Ciao! Sometimes a chance meeting can turn into something very special. That is what happened to us Sunday morning. We had made our way to the Colosseum looking for the street to the Basilica of San Clemente. San Clemente is three churches built one on top of the other. As we were trying to figure out which street to take, an older gentleman passed by. I showed him our map with a picture o ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more